PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: Catering (28 February 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require train companies to hold a public consultation before withdrawing the use of cash from catering services.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Catering services are a commercial matter for each train operating company. Train operators are responsible for considering the equality impacts of operational changes such as to catering payment methods, and are expected by the Department to take local needs into account.

Answered by:
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
5 March 2024